curdle

Meaning

Verb

  • To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
  • To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  • To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly

Origin

  • Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd + -le.

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